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Abstract Number: 1818 • ACR Convergence 2023
Compliance with Romosozumab and Fracture Risk Among Postmenopausal Women in the U.S
Ye Liu¹, Tarun Arora², Jeffrey Curtis¹ and Jingyi Zhang¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education, and Research, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Romosozumab (romo) is a newly approved osteoporosis (OP) medicine for women with postmenopausal OP at high risk of fracture. The utilization pattern of romo…
Abstract Number: 0371 • ACR Convergence 2023
Assessing Methotrexate Adherence in JIA Using Electronic Health Record-Linked Pharmacy Dispensing Data
Dori Abel¹, David Anderson¹, Michael Kallan², Levon Utidjian¹, Joyce Chang³, Chen Kenyon¹ and Sabrina Gmuca¹, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: The extent to which lack of adherence to prescribed treatment regimens contributes to differential disease outcomes in JIA – and demographic disparities in these…
Abstract Number: 2008 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparative Effectiveness of Denosumab versus Alendronate Among Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis in the U.S. Medicare Program
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Tarun Arora², Ye Liu¹, Tzu-Chieh Lin³, Leslie Spangler³, Vanessa C. Brunetti³, Robert K. Stad³, Michele McDermott³, Brian D. Bradbury³ and Min Kim³, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Foundation for Advancing Science, Technology, Education, and Research, Birmingham, AL, ³Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA
Background/Purpose: Although clinical trials have shown that denosumab (Dmab) significantly increases bone mineral density at key skeletal sites more than oral bisphosphonates, evidence is lacking…
Abstract Number: 0435 • ACR Convergence 2023
Changes in Characteristics of Patients Initiating and Discontinuing Advanced Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis Following Release of Safety Data
Stephanie Song¹, Bryant England², Brian Sauer³, Michael George⁴, Beth Wallace⁵, Grant Cannon⁶, Ted R Mikuls⁷ and Joshua Baker⁴, ¹Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ³Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Michigan Medicine, VA Ann Arbor Healthcare System, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁶University of Utah and Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁷Division of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: The ORAL Surveillance study highlighted risks of cardiac events, thromboembolism (VTE), and cancer associated with Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi). The aim of this study…
Abstract Number: 2137 • ACR Convergence 2023
Line of Therapy of Biologics and JAK Inhibitors in RA, PsA and AxSpA: Implications for Design and Uptake of New Drugs and Diagnostics
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Fenglong Xie¹, Yuji Su², Patrick Stewart³ and Amy S. Mudano¹, ¹Illumination Health, Hoover, AL, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham and Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL, ³Illumination Health, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) have an increasing array of treatment options available, and new blood-based diagnostic…
Abstract Number: 109 • 2023 Pediatric Rheumatology Symposium
Long-term Safety of Biologics versus Conventional Synthetic Treatments in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients
Ana Isabel Rebollo-Giménez¹, Luca Carlini², Yulia Vyzhga³, Silvia Rosina⁴, Ekaterina Alexeeva⁵, Charlotte Myrup⁶, Silvia Magni Manzoni⁷, Maria Trachana⁸, Valda Stanevicha⁹, Constantin Ailioaie¹⁰, Elena Tsitsami¹¹, Alexis-Virgil Cochino¹², Chiara Pallotti¹³, Silvia Scala¹³, Angela Pistorio¹⁴, Sebastiaan Vastert¹⁵, Joost F. Swart¹⁶ and Nicolino Ruperto¹⁷, ¹IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Infiammatorie, Genova, Italy, ²IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, Genova, Italy, ³IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Reumatologia e Malattia Infiammatorie, Genova, Italy, ⁴IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ⁵Federal State Autonomous Institution “National Medical Research Center of Children's Health”, Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia, ⁶Rigshospitalet, Pediatric rheumatology unit 4272, Copenhagem, Denmark, ⁷IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Division of Rheumatology, Roma, Italy, ⁸Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki University School of Medicine, First Department of pediatrics, Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology Referral Center, Thessaloniki, Greece, ⁹Riga Stradins University, Children University Hospital, Riga, Latvia, ¹⁰Alexandru Ioan Cuza University of Iasi, Iasi, Romania, ¹¹Aghia Sophia Childrens Hospital, First Department of Pediatrics, University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ¹²Institute for Mother and Child Care, Pediatrics, Bucharest, Romania, ¹³IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, U.O.C. Pediatric and Rheumatology Clinic, PRINTO, Genova, Italy, ¹⁴IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica, Genova, Italy, ¹⁵Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, The Netherlands, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁶Wilhelmina Children’s Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁷IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial, PRINTO, Genova, Italy
Background/Purpose: The better understanding of systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (sJIA) pathogenesis and availability of new drugs, such as biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) specifically dedicated…
Abstract Number: 1429 • ACR Convergence 2022
Acute Cardiovascular Events Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Tofacitinib or TNF Inhibitors, a Nationwide Cohort Study: RELATION Study
jacques-eric gottenberg¹, Nadir Mammar², Meriem Kessouri², Jeremie RUDANT², nada Assi³, Benjamin grenier³ and julien kirchgesner⁴, ¹Strasbourg University Hospital, Strasbourg, France, ²Pfizer, Paris, France, ³HEVA, Lyon, France, ⁴AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Patients with IMID, and notably patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), are at increased risk of major adverse cardiovascular event (MACE) compared with the general…
Abstract Number: 1546 • ACR Convergence 2022
Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica by Rheumatology Providers: Results from the ACR Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness Registry
Sebastian Sattui¹, Zihan Wan², Fenglong Xie², Cassie Clinton², Robyn Domsic¹ and Jeffrey Curtis³, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Hoover, AL
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is one of the most common systemic rheumatic diseases in older adults. Glucocorticoids (GC) remain the main treatment, and although recommendations…
Abstract Number: 0060 • ACR Convergence 2022
Lower Healthcare Costs for Commercially Insured Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Remission
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Kathleen Fox², Fenglong Xie³, Yujie Su³, David Collier⁴, Cassie Clinton³ and Hafiz Oko-osi⁵, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Strategic Health (formerly with Amgen), Thousand Oaks, CA, ³University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁴Amgen Inc., Simi Valley, CA, ⁵Gilead Sciences, Foster City, CA
Background/Purpose: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) affects about 1-2% of adults with annual US costs at $19 billion. Most studies evaluating cost of care have not had…
Abstract Number: 1547 • ACR Convergence 2022
Effectiveness of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibitors for Polymyalgia Rheumatica
Jeffrey Curtis¹, Kerri Ford², Stefano Fiore³, Danielle Isaman⁴, Lita Araujo⁵, Natalia Petruski-Ivleva⁶ and Fenglong Xie⁷, ¹Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ²Sanofi, Destin, FL, ³Sanofi, Bridgewater, NJ, ⁴Sanofi, Chapel Hill, NC, ⁵Sanofi, Cambridge, MA, ⁶Sanofi, Unknown, ⁷University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-6 receptor (IL-6R) inhibition has been shown to be effective in giant cell arteritis but data are limited in polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR). We conducted…
Abstract Number: 0074 • ACR Convergence 2022
Real-World Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization (HCRU) and Costs in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in the US
Prajakta Masurkar¹, Jennifer Reckleff², Nicole Princic³, Brendan Limone⁴, Hana Schwartz⁴, Elaine Karis⁵, Eric Zollars⁶, Bradley Stolshek⁵ and Karen Costenbader⁷, ¹Amgen, Wylie, TX, ²Amgen, Westlake Village, CA, ³IBM Watson Health, Reading, MA, ⁴IBM Watson Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵Amgen, Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, ⁶Amgen, Newbury Park, CA, ⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: SLE treatment is complex, with a wide variety of medications commonly prescribed. Limited evidence exists in the literature with respect to treatment patterns, HCRU…
Abstract Number: 1643 • ACR Convergence 2022
Use of Oral Analgesics and Risk of Comorbidities in Osteoarthritis: Findings from Primary Care Settings in the UK
Subhashisa Swain¹, Carol Coupland², Anne Kamps³, Jos Runhaar⁴, Andrea Dell ‘Isola⁵, Aleksandra Turkiewicz⁵, Danielle E Robinson¹, Victoria Y Strauss¹, Christian Mallen⁶, Chang-Fu Kuo⁷, Aliya Sarmanova⁸, Daniel Prieto Alhambra¹, Martin Englund⁵, Sita Bierma-Zeinstra³, Michael Doherty² and Weiya Zhang², ¹University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, ²University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ³Erasmus University Medical Centre, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁴Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands, ⁵Lund University, Lund, Sweden, ⁶Keele University, Keele, United Kingdom, ⁷Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Taoyuan, Taiwan, ⁸University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: People with osteoarthritis (OA) often have multiple other conditions (comorbidities).Role of different oral analgesics on the development of comorbidities in people with OA have…
Abstract Number: 0245 • ACR Convergence 2022
Influence of Forced Vital Capacity Impairment on Treatment Selection and Outcomes in RA-ILD Patients Initiating a Biologic or Targeted-Synthetic DMARD
Bryant England¹, Michael George², Yangyuna Yang¹, Punyasha Roul³, Jorge Rojas⁴, Brian Sauer⁵, Grant Cannon⁶, Joshua Baker⁷, Jeffrey Curtis⁸ and Ted Mikuls⁹, ¹University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE, ²University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ³UNMC, Omaha, NE, ⁴George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Salt Lake City Health Care System, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁵Salt Lake City VA/University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶Salt Lake City VA, Salt Lake city, ⁷University of Pennsylvania and Corporal Michael J. Crescenz VA Medical Center, Philadelphia, ⁸Division of Clinical Immunology & Rheumatology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Patients with RA-associated interstitial lung disease (RA-ILD) suffer from substantial morbidity and premature mortality. The optimal use of biologic/tsDMARDs in this population is poorly…
Abstract Number: 1648 • ACR Convergence 2022
Risk of Vascular Events Under the Treatments with Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Analysis Using Japanese Health Insurance Database
Eiichi Tanaka¹, Ryoko Sakai², Eisuke Inoue³ and Masayoshi Harigai¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Tokyo Women’s Medical University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, ²Meiji Pharmaceutical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Research Administration Center, Showa University, Shinagawa-ku, Japan
Background/Purpose: Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKIs) have shown positive therapeutic impacts on treatments for rheumatoid arthritis (RA), whereas, concerns have been raised about the risk of…
Abstract Number: 0290 • ACR Convergence 2022
Evaluation of Treatment Discontinuation Due to Adverse Events, and the Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors or Type of JAK-inhibitors: An International Collaboration of Registries of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (the ‘JAK-pot‘ Study)
Kim Lauper¹, Romain Aymon², Denis Mongin², Sytske Anne Bergstra³, Denis Choquette⁴, Catalin Codreanu⁵, Ori Elkayam⁶, Kimme Hyrich⁷, Florenzo Iannone⁸, Nevsun Inanc⁹, Lianne Kearsley-Fleet¹⁰, Tore K. kvien¹¹, Eirik Kristianslund¹², Burkhard Leeb¹³, Galina Lukina¹⁴, Dan Nordstrom¹⁵, Karel Pavelka¹⁶, Manuel Pombo-Suarez¹⁷, Ziga Rotar¹⁸, Maria José Santos¹⁹, Delphine Courvoisier²⁰ and Axel Finckh²¹, ¹Geneva University Hospitals, Genéve, Switzerland, ²Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ³LUMC, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Center for Rheumatic Diseases, Bucharest, Romania, ⁶Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁷The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ⁸School of Medicine University of Bari, Bari, Italy, ⁹Marmara University School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ¹⁰Centre for Epidemiology Versus Arthritis, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ¹¹Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹²Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Division of Rheumatology and Research, Oslo, Norway, ¹³Bioreg, Stockerau, Austria, ¹⁴Federal state budgetary scientific institution �Research Institute of rheumatology named after V. A. Nasonova�, Moscow, Russia, ¹⁵Helsinki University Hospital, Helsinki, Finland, ¹⁶Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Praha, Czech Republic, ¹⁷Hospital Clinico Universitario, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ¹⁸University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁹Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Charneca da Caparica, Portugal, ²⁰University Hospitals of Geneva, Geneva, Switzerland, ²¹Geneva University Hospital, Geneve - Vesenaz, Switzerland

Background/Purpose: The "ORAL Surveillance" study1 suggests an increased risk of serious adverse events (AEs) with tofacitinib, a JAK-inhibitor (JAKi), compared to TNF-inhibitors (TNFi). Currently, there…

Abstracts tagged "Pharmacoepidemiology"

Compliance with Romosozumab and Fracture Risk Among Postmenopausal Women in the U.S

Assessing Methotrexate Adherence in JIA Using Electronic Health Record-Linked Pharmacy Dispensing Data

Comparative Effectiveness of Denosumab versus Alendronate Among Postmenopausal Women with Osteoporosis in the U.S. Medicare Program

Changes in Characteristics of Patients Initiating and Discontinuing Advanced Therapies for Rheumatoid Arthritis Following Release of Safety Data

Line of Therapy of Biologics and JAK Inhibitors in RA, PsA and AxSpA: Implications for Design and Uptake of New Drugs and Diagnostics

Long-term Safety of Biologics versus Conventional Synthetic Treatments in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patients

Acute Cardiovascular Events Risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Treated with Tofacitinib or TNF Inhibitors, a Nationwide Cohort Study: RELATION Study

Treatment of Polymyalgia Rheumatica by Rheumatology Providers: Results from the ACR Rheumatology Informatics System for Effectiveness Registry

Lower Healthcare Costs for Commercially Insured Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis in Remission

Effectiveness of Interleukin-6 Receptor Inhibitors for Polymyalgia Rheumatica

Real-World Treatment Patterns, Healthcare Resource Utilization (HCRU) and Costs in Patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) in the US

Use of Oral Analgesics and Risk of Comorbidities in Osteoarthritis: Findings from Primary Care Settings in the UK

Influence of Forced Vital Capacity Impairment on Treatment Selection and Outcomes in RA-ILD Patients Initiating a Biologic or Targeted-Synthetic DMARD

Risk of Vascular Events Under the Treatments with Janus Kinase Inhibitors in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Analysis Using Japanese Health Insurance Database

Evaluation of Treatment Discontinuation Due to Adverse Events, and the Effect of Cardiovascular Risk Factors or Type of JAK-inhibitors: An International Collaboration of Registries of Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients (the ‘JAK-pot‘ Study)